I can haz stroke receptors
It isn’t every day that LOL Cats can explain a new scientific report, but this time they seem perfectly fitted to the task. In a new study published in Nature, scientists […]
Monthly Archives: January 2013
Our gait dictated by laziness
Actually, it’s something more like efficiency than laziness, but whether we’re walking or running all comes down to energy conservation. Researchers at the Movement Lab at Ohio State University have […]
Coal is not just our problem
Anyone who knows me knows I’m a massive Pixar fan, so you’ll have to forgive this reference…but the latest findings by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) kind of reminds […]
Angry birds
These birds are so angry, even a stuffed bird will set them off. Well, not so much angry as aggressive. Researchers at Duke University studied the territorial habits of swamp sparrows […]
Fluffy, cute killing machines
If you’re in the Antarctic, it’s not the cold you should be worried about; it’s the Adelie penguins. That is, if you’re a krill. It turns out the cute, waddling […]
Iran sends off a space monkey
At least, according to Iranian state-run television. Iran released photos of the monkey strapped into a harness just before being launched into space. This time, the monkey returned to Earth […]
Sleep and memory are linked
It’s not new information that as we age, sleep gets harder to come by. It’s also well known that our memory isn’t the sharpest as we climb higher in years. […]
Emerald ash borer killing more than just trees
More than just the architecture and student body changed over the last century at the University of Illinois in Urbana. There was a point where you couldn’t see from one […]
That’s so cute I could punch you
A fellow driver flipping you a choice finger or someone cutting in line at the DMV might make you feel a wee bit aggressive. But did you know a fluffy, […]
Even the lowly dung beetle looks to the stars
If you need to find your way around chances are you’ll consult Google Maps, a GPS, or if you’re feeling old-fashioned, a map (you know, those big, foldable things made […]
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